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| #220650 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:52 AM 07.Oct.2008) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MARCO ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL132008 400 AM CDT TUE OCT 07 2008 ...MARCO NEARING THE COAST OF MEXICO...SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL LATER TODAY... AT 4 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTH OF VERACRUZ. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM CABO ROJO SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED... AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...WITHIN THE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARCO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.1 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES...170 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO. MARCO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARCO SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE COAST OF MEXICO WITHIN THE WARNING AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...AND MARCO COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WHEN IT REACHES THE COAST. MARCO IS AN EXTREMELY SMALL TROPICAL CYCLONE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ONLY EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 10 MILES...20 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES. MARCO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES... WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MEXICAN STATES OF NORTHERN VERACRUZ...NORTHERN PUEBLA... HILDALGO...AND SAN LUIS POTOSI. REPEATING THE 400 AM CDT POSITION...20.1 N...96.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 700 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1000 AM CDT. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN |
